Bagpipes and twirling tugs, a grand retirement send-off (with video)

NEWCASTLE tug captain Stephen Monfries has retired after 47 years, and his colleagues gave him a send-off not to be forgotten.

After assisting his last vessel in the Port of Newcastle, other tugs in the port gathered to do doughnuts in a farewell performance.

There was even a bagpiper at the stern of one of the tugs.

Nine News covered the story:

Tugboats guide freighters and cargo ships safely to dock and today in #Newcastle, one skipper was given a fond yet unique farewell. @DaltsWorld #9News pic.twitter.com/vzwNxDaMXt

— 9News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) January 3, 2021